Comments - Please do not comment more than once. MINT CONDITION True 1950s glamour! I recently went to a vintage clothing exhibition and bought a wonderful dress from the 1940s with the White House label in it. San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection, Institution: San Francisco Public Library. By then I'd been Didioned out, though I still bring Slouching or White to doctor's appointments and turn to any page while waiting. More here. I Magnin! Ransohoff Paul is primarily engaged in Healthcare. Ransohoffs is famous for having been in the iconic Hitchcock film Vertigo starring Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak. I was wondering why reading her felt like a duty. I inherited a pair of earrings that came in a box from The White House in SF. Brown even remembers the salesman: "A guy named Marion Wilson waited on me, and he was a sharp dresser, fast talker, swinging guy," the mayor says, snapping his fingers. But that tendency of hers wears you out. Cusk (I guess) writes along the lines of what the literary establishment likes.The difference is that Murakami writes about people caught in the midnight world, who meet, part, do things, meet again -- and also tell the story of a woman who decided to go to bed and rarely wakes up, who is transported to a different room (think a little David Lynchian), and tries to find her way back.Cusk's book is about a literary writer who goes to Athens for a week to teach a writing class. 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Some with inlaid wood pictures, a chair with an inlaid swastika on it (this is the 20s, remember, so the symbol was just an Indian or Asian symbol of something) ---cabinets with sliding glass doors and little doors that open, chest with drawers with tiny pulls, dresser with three-part mirror. You have to have lived in California to fully appreciate Didion. Sharon Tate was also a guest at this party, although she and Roman Polanski were not yet married. Bought one today, fully intact with all that it came with. Let's see the double feature at the State, at Market and Fourth streets. Wish those great old stores existed today. They are knitted white and pink, and the inner tag says:100% New Wool Made in England for The White HouseRaphael Weill & CompanySan FranciscoThey came from my grandmother originally, probably purchased in the 1960's. In 1933, the ground floor Market was remodeled to house the womens clothing store Bon Marche. : [Two unidentified people at the Weinstein Company department store at 1041 Market : [Two men standing behind the counter at Broemmel's Pharmacy], : [Two unidentified men at the Western Pipe and Steel Company], : [Two officers at landslide area of San Francisco College for Women], : [Two unidentified women working in Levi Plaza], : [Two women coping with transit difficulties during general strike], : [Two soldiers riding horses at the Presidio], : [Two men inside the Main Street Planing Mill], : [Emporium department store at Stonestown], : [Fritz Maytag at the Anchor Brewing Company], : [Rainier Brewery at 15th and Bryant streets], : [Fur salon at the Emporium department store], : [Littleman grocery store at 2139 Polk Street], : [Mayfair grocery store at 2901 Irving Street], : [Patrons shopping at Hartfields department store], : [Sommer & Kaufmann store at 838 Market Street], : [Candy department at Weinstein Company store]. In honor of the screening Thursday (see box), the gallery has been put back together pretty much the way it was when Madeleine visited. Gorgeous, deep brown color w/brass hardware. These early reports were garbled and contradictory. The formidable row of department stores on Market - JC Penney, Hale Bros., The Emporium and Roos Bros. - would all disappear, along with other familiar names like the two great women's stores I. Magnin and Joseph Magnin, founded by cousins almost a century ago. Before Verdier could take his cargo off of the ship, he sold it to locals on rowboats. But they made the fatal mistake of going from being effective to being efficient. Scottie continues dating Judy but he has a definite agenda in mind when they stop at one of San Francisco's many downtown flower stands he suddenly informs her he wants to buy her some clothes. He never drove a car and took the bus from Mill Valley to the Sausalito Ferry until they built the GG Bridge. sticker on the back. I still have the sterling silver baby cup and spoon she got for me from the WH with a an embossed date of May 1942, just before I was born. Which, I suppose, says something about her audience and their own (maybe?) My mother worked in the marking room at the White House. 'He came by cable car, didn't he?' LOCATIONS. We can see the two cases as bookends: the beginning of the end for LA and the end of the beginning of the end for LA. does anyone know if the store produced a cookbook? 1100 K Street, Suite 101,Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) The paper on the back of the pic is so brittle that it is crumbling off. San Francisco and other . It never got franchised.You can safely ignore Charlie Manson and probably Joan Didion too. I'll bring up the list of books Ann linked to a week or two back. I remember the Grant Ave store had those wonderful glass-doored elevators, and smiling elevator men in smart uniforms who ran them. OtherMD San Francisco, CA. This is carrying observation over action too far. Ransohoff's, the women's store at 259 Post, is gone but lives on in Alfred Hitchcock 's classic film "Vertigo." It's the store where Jimmy Stewart goes to buy clothes for Kim Novak. "The Crowley-Milner Cookbook" but in reality, they are standard cookbooks (albeit very nice ones) that were produced by a firm and specifically labeled, due to the high opinion customers held of department stores as arbiters of taste and fashion in the day. I'll pull off the shelf the Everyman's Library edition of "We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live" and try it out. on it and was curious if anyone knows when it might have been available at The White House. I always thought Didion was overrated as a writer. There was a sense of fear in LA after until the crime was solved. Way to go, Joan! He started as a box boy in the 1850's and retired as Paymaster in the early 60's. While she is at the hairdressers he returns to her room at the Empire Hotel (described earlierhere) and anxiously awaits her return. Thanks! I donated mine to a collector. The narrative. "The ultimate treat for me was a tuna sandwich and a chocolate soda at Townsend's," Valente recalls. There are about 20 movie theaters to choose from. I can not find any info. org or www.museumtix.comor call (866) 912-6326. "Saks was over on Grant Avenue. Anne Evers Hitz has followed up on her excellent book, In 1909, Rafael Weill & Company moved to a, The gleaming white facades of the 1909 building were, Like its competitor, The City of Paris, The White House, Housewares Home Appliances Unpainted Furniture. Vintage RANSOHOFFS SAN FRANCISCO Open Front Jacket $75 $0 Size: No tag, refer to the measurement taken RANSOHOFFS espoir17 2 6 Ransohoffs John Marino green vintage pumps $45 $0 Size: 7 AAA Ransohoffs virgeaux Vintage 1960s Ransohoffs coat $85 $0 Size: 4 Ransohoffs 1daybutnot2day 3 *Vintage* Ransohoffs San Francisco $40 $0 Size: 6 ransohoffs Coincidentally just watched 'True Confessions' last night, written by her and her husband John Dunne.The type used on the cover of the book at the link is classic.Cielo Drive is very, very pricey real estate these days; probably then as well 'Didion is considered a brilliant prose stylist, but she still makes mistakes like "the dress in which she would testify to Gary Fleischman. 2021 Jan 13; Enjoyed reading everyone's posts :). Ransohoff Paul is located at 2116 Sutter St San Francisco, CA 94115. The exterior of Ransohoffs appears in the film, but the sales floor was re-created in the studio. Hitchcock requested Ransohoffs' distinctive red and gold boxes, which are shown strewn all over Judy's room at the Empire. I still have my Happy Holly. -- City of Paris, the department store founded in 1850, was at Geary and Stockton streets, now home to Neiman Marcus. Emerald green or gold. The names of many of the downtown spots that Caen and others recommended in guidebooks of the '50s read like a list of the dear departed: -- The Ritz Old Poodle Dog at 65 Post St. was the oldest French restaurant in town. In 1959, when I was 9, my family moved from NJ to CA. Hard to believe. She always said it was a wonderful store. Her collection of nonfiction "We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live" sits on my shelf and occasionally gets taken down for a read. Let's stop in for a bite, maybe at Blum's for the famous coffee crunch cake or an ice-cream soda. I forget the exact dates. Dinner reservations are recommended (first seating at 6 p.m.) and must be made separately by calling (415) 750-7633. 900 block of Lombard Street: Jimmy Stewart plays Scottie, a detective who, while trying to help Madeleine at the urging of her husband, falls in love with her. I was there, while in Cusk's book I was looking over her shoulder into a mirror.It's a long way around to thinking, after reading this excerpt, that I might see Didion is a different way, like I do Murakami. She meets people and each encounter is given its own chapter. There were Blum's families - people who went to that sweets shop, bakery and ice-cream parlor, and Townsend's families - people who favored that small chain of eateries. I have a beautiful men's robe with the White House label in it that my mother bought for my father in the 1950-60 era. The only other wardrobe trunk I've seen online that opens the same way is a Louis Vuitton. Im trying to find someone who wants them. Post Street, San Francisco, California (Redirected from Ransohoff's, San Francisco, California) Hitchcock's Films Vertigo(1958) Flower Stall and Ransohoff's After stopping at a flower stall, Scottie and Judy cross over the road and enter Ransohoff's Department Store at 259 Post Street, near to Union Square. Wed live the life we choose. Or: A Mexican peasant-style dress, smocked or embroidered.'". Besides making what is generally acknowledged to be one of the 10 best movies ever, Alfred Hitchcock also captured San Francisco circa 1958. It is hard leather and in great condition. Gumps, Ransohoffs, City of Parissigh.Alexis at gotta-swing.com, My husbands grandmother worked at the White House in the Tea Room in the 1890's. Alfred Hitchcock and James Stewart during the filming of "Vertigo" in 1958 at Mission Dolores, San Francisco. Events include 6:45 p.m. book signing by the authors of "Footsteps in the Fog: Alfred Hitchcock's San Francisco" and a related exhibition (open until 9 p.m.). 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